About
LATITUDES is an online media, created in March 2022 in Belgium by the non-profit association En-Gaje and the ULB (French-speaking) and VUB (Dutch-speaking) universities of Brussels. Devoted mainly to the themes of human rights, migration and freedom of expression, its content is produced by exiled journalists, and journalism students from the ULB and the VUB.
The editorial staff of LATITUDES is led by an Editorial Board, made up of members of the three founding organizations and journalists exiled in Belgium.
Editorial Board (in alphabetical order)
Lucas Ablotia, Georgian journalist
Milan Augustijns , Journalist at Belga Agency (NL), lecturer at VUB
Anthony Bellanger, General Secretary of the International Federation of Journalists, founding member of En-Gage
Jacques Besnard, Journalist at La Libre Belgique, lecturer at ULB
Virginie Bolle, Project Manager at ULB
Jean-François Dumont, Journalist, President of En-Gaje
Marie Genries, Journalist at LN24, member of En-Gaje
Alain Gérard, Freelance journalist, lecturer at ULB, member of En-Gaje and editor-in-chief of LATITUDES
Tory Kılıç, Kurdish journalist from Turkey, member of En-Gaje
Florence Le Cam, Journalism Professor at ULB, founding member of En-Gage
Alexandre Niyungeko, Burundian journalist, member of En-Gaje and editor of LATITUDES
Lailuma Sadid, Afghan Journalist, member of En-Gaje
The articles in English are edited by journalists from the Brussels branch of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).